This
course addresses the causes, symptomatic behavior and types of major
psychological disturbances.Theory,
explanatory concepts, and clinical examples of maladaptive and preventive
mental health issues considered.Prerequisites:PSYC 100,
225.Fall and Spring.

Add:On page 246, new course for Abnormal Psychology:

208Abnormal Psychology (3)

This
course addresses the symptoms, possible causes and treatments of mental
disorders, with discussion of the diagnostic DSM system, anxiety, adjustment
and stress disorders; depression and mood disorders; dissociative and
somatoform disorders; personality disorders; schizophrenia and other psychotic
disorders, and strategies for prevention and promoting personal
resilience.No credit given to students
who have credit for PSYC 308. Prerequisite:PSYC 100. See department chair.

A survey of human development from conception through
adolescence, focusing on current theory and research in physical, cognitive,
linguistic and social-emotional development.Students are
required to conduct a developmental evaluation of a child during a series of
home visits at their convenience.Prerequisites:PSYC 100,
201.Fall and Spring.

Add:On
page 246, new course for Developmental
Psychology

214Developmental
Psychology (3)

A
comprehensive survey of cognitive, linguistic, and social-emotional development
from conception through adolescence, focusing on how past and current research
informs theoretical perspectives on developmental change.Emphasis on the influence
of social interaction and culture in development.No credit given to students who have credit
for PSYC 317. Prerequisites:PSYC
100.See department chair.

3. Delete:On page 248,
the entry for PSYC 390, History and
Systems of Psychology

390History
and Systems of Psychology (3)

Examination of the historical antecedents of modern
psychology.Comparison of major
historical systems and schools of psychology, including structuralism, Gestalt
psychology, psychoanalysis, behaviorism and cognitive psychology.Includes the demonstration
of competency in Psychology.Prerequisites:24 hours in
Psychology including PSYC 100, 201, 202.Fall and Spring.

Add:On page 246, new
course, Psychology: Past and Present:

290Psychology:
Past and Present (3)

An overview of the history of psychology, reviewing
the major people, ideas, works and theories that founded and developed modern
scientific psychology.No credit given to students who have credit
for PSYC 390. Prerequisite:PSYC
100.See department chair.

Impact:

Changing the courses to
200-level will facilitate the use of these courses for transfer students.No faculty or laboratory resources will
change.

Rationale:

The two most frequently
seen courses on transfer student transcripts, especially students from two year
colleges, are Developmental and Abnormal Psychology. Both of these courses
currently are 300-level, and one – Developmental – is one of only two existing
lab courses.In the proposed curricular
revision, both will be offered as 200-level, non-lab courses, consistent with
the pattern we see most often on transfer student transcripts.This should facilitate both ease and
understanding of the transfer equivalency process for transfer students. The
replacement of History and Systems in Psychology (PSYC 390) with a 200-level
version of the course will allow us to introduce history of the discipline
earlier in the curriculum and will increase the variety of course offerings at
the 200-level.A second goal of these
changes is to use course level (number) to create a taxonomy
of courses by learning outcomes for students.